Dendropsophus tapacurensis Oliveira, Magalhães, Teixeira, Moura, Porto, Guimarães, Giaretta, and Tinôco, 2021

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hylidae > Subfamily: Hylinae > Genus: Dendropsophus > Species: Dendropsophus tapacurensis

Dendropsophus tapacurensis Oliveira, Magalhães, Teixeira, Moura, Porto, Guimarães, Giaretta, and Tinôco, 2021, PLoS One, 16(7: e0248112): 5. Holotype: CHP-UFRPE 5709, by original designation. Type locality: "Estação Ecológica do Tapacurá, Municipality of São Lourenço da Mata, Pernambuco State, Brazil (8˚2’26.13"S, 35˚12’0.43"W; 122 m a.s.l., DATUM WGS84)". Zoobank publication registration: 80A2C33B-ED5C-4B74-B5A3-F4D7464B540C

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known from the type locality (Municipality of São Lourenço da Mata, Pernambuco) and Guaramiranga Municipality, Ceará, northeastern Brazil. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

Comment

External morphology, advertisement call, and molecular markers detailed in the original publication, where it was placed in the Dendropsophus decipiens group, morphologically most resembling Dendropsophus haddadi but genetically more closely related to Dendropsophus oliveirai

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